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Sizing Up Fiber Sizings
What glass fiber users need to know about sizings, and how new sizing developments are enhancing the performance of glass-reinforced composites.
Read MoreThermoformable Composite Panels, Part 1
Preconsolidated fiber-reinforced thermoplastics offer short cycle times, tailored properties, recyclability and lower cost.
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Autoclave Quality Outside The Autoclave?
Pioneers of out-of-autoclave processing in aerospace applications answer a qualified but enthusiastic Yes!
Read MoreCarbon Fiber Makes Ship-to-shore Crossings More Stable
Traditional wood and metal gangways have been heavy and, therefore, both hard to handle and narrow — the latter to save weight. Exit Engineering (Fiesso d'Artico, Italy) has developed several carbon composite gangways — the latest, a 350 cm/138 inch model targeted at the larger yacht market. At 60 cm/23.6 in wide,
Read MoreComposites Key To Deepwater Oil and Gas
With crude prices at historic highs, oil and gas companies now have the incentive to actively engage in exploration and production (E&P) in many offshore areas worldwide.
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Composites Alive And Well In Offshore Oil Applications
The petroleum industry is moving forward with many interesting projects that will increase composite demand.
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Thermoplastic composites gain leading edge on the A380
Breakthrough manufacturing process produces lightweight, affordable glass-reinforced PPS J-nose on the worlds largest commercial aircraft wing.
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Testing cross-ply vs. unidirectional composites
Dr. Don Adams follows up his previous column on tensile testing with a discussion of such testing when confronted by two difficult-to-test laminate configurations.
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Innovative Composite Design May Replace Aluminum Chassis
It's been called the automotive engineer's dream material. Able to assume any shape while delivering stiffness, strength and light weight, carbon fiber has been the material of choice for years in structural components and stylishly aerodynamic exterior panels on race cars and exotic supercars costing more th
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